Wednesday, March 29, 2006

More door fitting...



Had to build up the lip on the canopy door opening to get it within 1/8 inch of the door. I used JB Weld and did much the same thing as on the other door . It seems to work well, and it is very strong once set.

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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Fitting doors, Fixing bad things...













Pilot door preliminary fitting.
Used JB Weld to build up the ridge that the door is supposed to seat againts. They specify 1/16 to 1/8 inch clearance when the door is clecoed to the outside of the fuselage. I had almost 1/4 inch in places.... soooo, used aluminum tape with sticky back to make a mould and filled it with JB Weld that I mixed with Cab-O Sil to thicken it up. Seems to have worked, but JB Weld takes close to 24 hrs to gain its full strength, and since I have to sand it to shape, that means I get to wait.

Cleaned the shop, sprayed the grape vines and apple trees, turned on the water to the outside taps, and I still have 22 hours to wait....

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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Doors

Started on the door installation. Trimmed the window openings and edges. Shop is full of dust and I'm barely started.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Aileron trim wired



Installed the aileron trim into the wing and did the wiring. Used a network cable with a connector. This is the system I used in the RV-6's I built, and it worked well.

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Monday, March 20, 2006

Aileron trim
















Back from Vancouver yesterday. Built the aileron trim assembly today. On the RV-10 the aileron trim is electric and is mounted in the wing on one of the access plates. First photo shows the assembly, and the second shows it mounted on the inspection plate. I don't have the bottom skins on the wings yet, so I can't mount this assy yet.

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Saturday, March 11, 2006

Fuselage front top Installed



Rivited the fuselage front top in place today. I previously removed the top skin to give access to the front for wiring. Sanded the outside of the canopy and gave it a coat of epoxy resin. A day to dry, resand, fill the holes, coat it with epoxy, and resand, and it may be closer to being ready for paint except for the other work which I still need to do (doors, windows, fill, etc)

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Friday, March 10, 2006

Tedium.....

Fabbed backing strips to go on the inside of the canopy when it gets rivited on to the fuselage. Drilled and deburred about 240 holes in the strips and then had to countersink the same number of holes into the canopy. Took most of the day and for a while there I was getting ready to quit for the day. This is definitely not my favorite part of airplane building.....
Tomorrow the fellow who may do my upholstery is coming by to take a look. I need to cover the seats and put in a headliner. Also some trim on the sides .

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Thursday, March 09, 2006

Drilling holes for the canopy.

Drilled all the holes needed to fasten the canopy to the fuselage. Fitted the windshield and side windows. Drilled holes for the center brace that joins the top front of the canopy to the forward top fuselage. Romoved the canopy and trimmed the side window openings. Won't be any pictures until the canopy is back on the plane permanently.

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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Clecoes Anyone . . . .

Canopy held on with clecoes. Ther are a LOT of rivits going to hold this thing on.

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Monday, March 06, 2006

Canopy on Plane














Fitted the canopy to the fuselage today. It takes a lot of cutting and sanding to make it fit. Still have a bunch of sanding to do to make it fit properly. As far as I'm concerned, the die grinder with the cutting disks which Van's supplied, and a good belt sander are
essential to fitting the canopy. These are mine. The grinder I've had for years. The belt sander I've had for less than one day.

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Saturday, March 04, 2006

Rear Seats


















Completed the rear seats and painted them.
Drilled out a bunch of rivits from the front top skin to give access to the behind the panel work which is coming up shortly..





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Friday, March 03, 2006

Panel Changes














New panel with old panel lying on top to show differences.
Next picture is new panel. Note the angle on the bottom. This replaces the crosspiece which was mounted in the fuselage.
Last picture shows the changes to the fuselage mount. The short stubs on the sides were cut off of the supplied crosspiece.
The new panel will be about 1/2 inch lower on the bottom to give just a bit more room for switches, fuses, etc

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